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Hot Fuzz Movie Review

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Hot Fuzz: Big Cops. Small Town. Moderate Violence.

Police officer Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) is transferred to a rural village. On arrival, Angel teams up with the oaf-like PC Danny Butterman (Nick Frost) and together they investigate a series of mysterious murders, all of which are classed as 'accidents' by the increasingly strange townsfolk.

"Hot Fuzz" was released on DVD (July 31, 2007).

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Hot Fuzz: Cast

Sandford Police Service

* Simon Pegg as PC./Sgt./Insp. Nicholas Angel
* Nick Frost as PC./Sgt. Danny Butterman
* Paddy Considine as DS. Andy Wainwright
* Rafe Spall as DC. Andy Cartwright
* Kevin Eldon as Sgt. Tony Fisher
* Olivia Colman as PC. Doris Thatcher
* Karl Johnson as PC. Bob Walker
* Bill Bailey as Sgt. Turners

Neighbourhood Watch Alliance

* Jim Broadbent as Insp. Frank Butterman
* Timothy Dalton as Simon Skinner
* Edward Woodward as Tom Weaver
* Billie Whitelaw as Joyce Cooper
* Eric Mason as Bernard Cooper
* Stuart Wilson as Dr. Robin Hatcher
* Paul Freeman as Rev. Philip Shooter
* Kenneth Cranham as James Reaper
* Peter Wight as Roy Porter
* Julia Deakin as Mary Porter
* Patricia Franklin as Annette Roper
* Lorraine Hilton as Amanda Paver
* Tim Barlow as Mr. Treacher
* Trevor Nichols as Greg Prosser
* Elizabeth Elvin as Sheree Prosser
* Rory McCann as Michael Armstrong

Metropolitan Police Service

* Bill Nighy as the Chief Inspector
* Martin Freeman as the Sergeant
* Steve Coogan as the Inspector (uncredited)
* Cate Blanchett as Janine (uncredited)

London residents

* Peter Jackson as Father Christmas (uncredited)
* Joe Cornish as Bob
* Chris Waitt as Dave
* Garth Jennings as Crack Addict (uncredited)

Sandford residents

* Stephen Merchant as Peter Ian Staker
* Alice Lowe as Tina
* David Bradley as Arthur Webley
* Anne Reid as Leslie Tiller
* Ben McKay as Peter Cocker (uncredited)
* Adam Buxton as Tim Messenger
* David Threlfall as Martin Blower
* Lucy Punch as Eve Draper
* Ron Cook as George Merchant
* Edgar Wright as Shelf Stacker (uncredited)
* Joseph McManners as Gabriel
* Graham Low as The Living Statue

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Hot Fuzz Editorial Review

by Simon Brew (Amazon.co.uk)


Hot Fuzz
(Widescreen Edition)

A major British hit, a lorryload of laughs and some sparkling action? We'll have some of that! Its fair to say that Hot Fuzz proves that Simon Pegg and Edgar Wrights brilliant Shaun Of The Dead was no one-off, serving up a superbly crafted British homage to the Hollywood action movie.

Deliberately set in the midst of a sleepy, quaint English village of Sandford, Peggs Nicholas Angel is sent there because, bluntly, hes too good at his job, and hes making his city colleagues look bad. The proverbial fish out of water, Angel soon discovers that not everything in Sandford is quite as it seems, and joins forces with Nick Frosts lumbering Danny Butterman to find out whats what.

Hot Fuzz then proceeds to have a rollicking good time in both tipping its hat to the genre films that are clearly its loving inspiration, and coming up with a few tricks of its own. It does comedy better than action, with plenty of genuine laugh-out-loud moments, but its no slouch either when the tempo needs raising. One of the many strong cards it plays is its terrific cast, which includes former 007 Timothy Dalton, Bill Nighy, Bill Bailey, Paddy Considine, Edward Woodward and Jim Broadbent.

Hot Fuzz, ultimately, just falls short of Shaun Of The Dead, but more than does enough to warrant many, many repeat viewings. Its terrific fun, and in the true hit action movie style, all-but-demands some form of sequel. That said, with Pegg and Wright now with two excellent, and suitably different, genres ticked off, itll be interesting to see what they do next. A period drama, perhaps...?

Hot Fuzz on DVD

Hot Fuzz will be released on July 31, 2007, but you can pre-order it now and Amazon will deliver it as soon as they can.
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Hot Fuzz Reviews by You

If you have seen the movie "Hot Fuzz", then why not write up your thoughts on it here, and share it with others.

  • glowchick Apr 17, 2011 @ 5:16 am | delete
    I love this movie :)
  • jo9091 Sep 4, 2010 @ 4:41 pm | delete
    Loved Hot fuzz but loved shaun of the dead more
  • Nov 7, 2009 @ 1:14 pm | delete
    this was a really surprising movie, i didn't think anything serious was going on till the last quater of the movie, then the movie does a Mr Hyde style transformation, shocking really :)
  • veerant May 21, 2009 @ 8:00 am | delete
    Love Simon Pegg!!! He is brilliant!
  • top50movies Oct 14, 2008 @ 11:03 am | delete
    I enjoyed this movie a lot. I found it quite funny and filled with a lot of great surprises.
  • Fortunate Aug 25, 2008 @ 12:52 am | delete
    I've had a good time each and every time I watched this movie. After enjoying Sean of the Dead so much, how coult it not be funny!
  • jerryflower Jul 11, 2008 @ 12:46 pm | delete
    Hot Fuzz is really a funny movie. I enjoy a lot to see this movie. I have seen this movie fifteen times but never bored.
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  • samej May 30, 2008 @ 6:50 am | delete
    Great film.
    Stopped at Wells (where the movie was filmed), on the way back from a camping weekend, to get some photos and pick out scenes from the movie.
  • Ghillie_suits Feb 20, 2008 @ 4:37 pm | delete
    Fantastic movie, fantastic cast, fantastic everything. You have to watch this movie several times just to catch all the small jokes in it. But a great lens for a great movie.
  • steamtown Nov 8, 2007 @ 9:40 pm | delete
    What a fantastic movie. Drama plus comedy
    I just rated 5 stars for this
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